University of the Balearic Islands Teaching guide

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1 1, 2S identification Credits 0.8 de presencials (20 hours) 5.2 de no presencials (130 hours) 6 de totals (150 hours). 1, 2S (Campus Extens) Teaching period 2nd semester Teaching language Spanish Professors Lecturers Andreu Palou Oliver andreu.palou@uib.es Ana María Rodríguez Guerrero amrodriguez@uib.es Horari d'atenció als alumnes Starting time Finishing time Day Start date Finish date Office 14:00h 16:00h Monday 01/09/ /07/2016 Q.30 i Q.31 15:30h 16:30h Monday 14/09/ /07/2016 Q.11 (planta baixa, edifici Mateu Orfila) Contextualisation The students must successfully complete a practical/placement subject, both in itinerary 2A (Practicum: Research Work) and itinerary 2B (Practicum: Practical Training in Food Enterprises). In both subjects students have to carry out a significant piece of training work under the direction of a tutor: a lecturer from the masters with the grade of PhD in the case of Research Work, and a tutor from one of the collaborating businesses in Practical Training in Food Enterprises, together with a lecturer with the grade of PhD (who will follow the student's development in the business enterprise). Both subjects have 9 credits and are tightly linked to this subject of final project, the Final Master's Work (6 credits), the assessment of which includes the presentation of a report of the work carried out in the practicum, including results and a scientific discussion of them. This report will be defended in public before an examining board approved by the Master's management committee and made up by doctors from the course and, if necessary, external staff from the entrepreneurial field and invited doctors. The examining board will assess the student report and its public defence, which will be considered in the final mark. Requirements Following, the requirements of the subject are given. 1 / 7

2 1, 2S Essential requirements It must be taken into account that, in order to develop the autonomous work of the subject, the student must have done the 'practicum' of the Master first. On the other hand, to do the final part of the subject (i.e. the public defence of the Final Master's Work) the student must have passed the rest of the subjects of the master. Skills The competences of the Master related with this subject are given below. Specific * Apply knowledge from the discipline to improve health (E4). Be fully aware of the fields of nutrigenomics and personalised nutrition and its repercussion in society (E5). Be aware of functional and bioactive components of foods (E7). Be able to design correctly experimental studies and apply them to the fields of nutrigenomics and molecular nutrition (E11). Be aware of sources of finance for research, development and innovation in the field (E13). * Be aware of progress in the fields of nutrigenomics, personalised nutrition and molecular nutrition and acquire necessary skills to update this knowledge constantly (E15). Knowledge of the market in the field of nutrition (E22). Be aware of the variety of fields of knowledge which form part of the areas of nutrigenomics and personalised nutrition (E23). Generic * Ability to organise and plan activities in field of study (G1). Ability to apply critical, logical and creative thought in work (G2). Ability to incorporate scientific progress in own professional field (G3). Ability to work independently and use initiative (G4). Skills and flexibility to solve problems effectively (G5). Ability to form hypotheses and design studies for their verification (G6). * Skills to analyse data and extract conclusions from results of research (G7). Ability to work interdisciplinarily (G8). Respect for ethics and intellectual integrity (G9). Ability to articulate knowledge in oral and written presentations (G13). - Advanced comprehension of the global context in which area of speciality takes place (G14). Ability to develop work in (lingua franca of the discipline) (G15). Understanding that advanced knowledge provides leadership abilities in the field (G17). Understand the value of knowledge for the community (G18). Ability to take part in aspects of contemporary society (G19). Ability to analyse the risk/benefit balance of nutrients and other food components (G20). Basic * You may consult the basic competencies students will have to achieve by the end of the Master s degree at the following address: Content After doing and passing the corresponding 'practicum' (i.e. 'Practicum: Research Work' in itinerary 2A or 'Practicum: Practical Training in Food Enterprises' in itinerary 2B), developed in other subject of the Master, the students must write a report, which corresponds to their Final's Master Work, based on the practicum. The instructions for the writing of the report will be available for the students from the beginning of the academic year. The students will be under the tutorship of one Doctor-lecturer of the Master for the preparation of the Final Master's Work. The students will have to register the project of the Final Master's Work (after 2 / 7

3 1, 2S obtaining the permission of the tutor/s), following the rules/normative of the UIB to proceed (these rules will be also given to the students at the beginning of the academic year), afterwards, once obtained the approval of the Master's management committee, the students will proceed to the public defence of the FMW and its assessment before an examining board approved by the Master's management committee. This is the final stage necessary for getting the Master degree. There are different research lines associated to the FMW, also associated with the practicum. At the beginning of the academic year, the students will be informed about these lines (and the tutors associated to them) in order they can manifest their preferences (by filling a survey form). The applications will be evaluated by the Academic Commission of the Master and its members will make the assignations, taking into account the preferences of the students. In case a same line/tutor is chosen by more than one student, the Academic Commission, together with the corresponding tutor, will make the assignment considering the CV and the academic marks of the previous studies of the students (in case it is considered necessary, also a personal interview can be done). The list with the assignment of students to the lines/tutors will be sent to the Centre of Postgraduate Studies. At the present moment of publication of this teaching guide (July 2013), the offer of research lines and tutors is the list given below, although it can suffer modifications and the definitive list will be given to the students at the beginning of the lessons: For students enrolled in profile 2A: - New nutrigenomic biomarkers and health claims on food (Andreu Palou, lecturer at the UIB) - Molecular nutrition and obesity (Andreu Palou, lecturer at the UIB) - Supplementation with prebiotics in perinatal nutrition and effects on the programming of energy metabolism (Ana M. Rodríguez, lecturer at the UIB) - Molecular and nutrigenomic basis of the health effects of physical activity (Ana M. Rodríguez, lecturer at the UIB) - Development of nutrigenomic-based tests for obesity: biomarkers/scientific substantiation/methodological aspects (Francisca Serra, lecturer at the UIB) - Perinatal programming of obesity: mechanisms, development of strategies for their reversion, and identification of early biomarkers (Catalina Picó, lecturer at the UIB) - Proteomic techniques: analysis of biomarkers in cancer (Francisca Barceló, lecturer at the UIB) - Metabolomics in the research of biomarkers (Lluís Arola, lecturer at the URV) - Phytochemicals in the regulation of circadian rhythms (Lluís Arola, lecturer at the URV) - Molecular nutrition and nutriepigenetics related to the control of adiposity (M. Luisa Bonet, lecturer at the UIB) - Role of the cell cycle regulator proteins in the control of energy metabolism and adiposity (M. Luisa Bonet, lecturer at the UIB) - Use of blood cells for the identification of suitable biomarkers to be used in studies of nutrition and obesity (Paula Oliver, lecturer at the UIB) - Study of the treatment of obesity and its complications by remodelling the white adipose tissue into brown (Paula Oliver, lecturer at the UIB) - Molecular and physiological characterization of animal models with healthy metabolic phenotype (Joan Ribot, lecturer at the UIB) 3 / 7

4 1, 2S - Bioactive and functional components of food on the control of cellular adiposity. Molecular Mechanisms (Joan Ribot, lecturer at the UIB) - Effect of protein quality (and supplementation with aminoacids) of diet y the use and regulation of N in the metabolic syndrome and obesity (José A. Fernández, lecturer at the UB) - Ligand bioactivity prediction by chemoinformatics. Application to the design of functional food (Gerard Pujades, lecturer at the URV) - Identification of primary markers of pathology risk (Manuel Suárez, lecturer at the URV) - Study of the sex-associated differences in the molecular response to nutrients and diets in animal models (Teresa Priego, lecturer at the UIB) - Effects of maternal overfeeding during gestation and/or lactation on the future predisposition to disease in the progeny (Juana Sánchez, lecturer at the UIB) - Omic techniques in the identification of early biomarkers predictive of a healthy phenotype (Juana Sánchez, lecturer at the UIB) - Every academic year, there is also the possibility to arrange a practicum and the subsequent FMW in collaboration with one of the laboratories of the research network CIBERobn, after the request of the student and the acceptance of the receipt laboratory. For the students enrolled in profile 2B: - Research and development in food enterprises: Biópolis S.L. (placement 1) (Joan Ribot + tutor of the enterprise) - Research and development in food enterprises: Biópolis S.L. (placement 2) (Teresa Priego + tutor of the enterprise) - Research and development in food enterprises: Grupo Leche Pascual (placement 1) (Ana M. Rodríguez + - Research and development in food enterprises: Grupo Leche Pascual (placement 2) (Ana M. Rodríguez + - Research and development in food enterprises: Bioseach Life (Puleva Biotech + Exxentia) (placement 1) (M. Luisa Bonet + - Research and development in food enterprises: Biosearch Life (Puleva Biotech + Exxentia) (placement 2) (M. Luisa Bonet + - Research and development in food enterprises: UNILEVER España S.A. Instituto FLORA (Catalina Picó + - Research and development in food enterprises: CIBERobn (Oficina de proyectos) (placement 1) (Paula Oliver + - Research and development in food enterprises: CIBERobn (Oficina de proyectos) (placement 2 (Paula Oliver + - Research and development in food enterprises: ALIMENTÓMICA S.L. (placement 1) (Francisca Serra + - Research and development in food enterprises: ALIMENTÓMICA S.L. (placement 2) (Juana Sánchez + Theme content Final Master's Work. Final Master's Work 4 / 7

5 1, 2S Writing and preparation of the report and defence of the Final Master's Work under the direction of a tutor (one Doctor of the programme). Teaching methodology Apart form what has been explained before, the different activities of the subject are given below. In-class work activities Modality Name Typ. Grp. Description Hours ECTS tutorials Tutorial sessions with the coordinator of the subject Small group (P) Tutorial sessions with the coordinator of the subject fo inform about the allocation of tutors and about the general guidelines of the instructions for the writting and defence of the Final Master's Work. 2 ECTS tutorials Other Tutorial sessions with the tutor (or tutors) of the Final Master's Work Public defence of the Final Master's Work Small group (P) Large group (G) Tutorial sessions for the preparation of the report of the Final Master's Work and its defence. Public defence of the Final Master's Work, before an examining board approved by the management committee of the Master. The public defence (including the discussion with the examining board based on their questions) of each student will have an estimated time of 30'. In this activity, it is also included the attendance (as public) to the public defences of the classmates, which will also taken into account in the estimate (in hours) of the duration of the activity. At the beginning of the semester a schedule of the subject will be made available to students through the UIBdigital platform. The schedule shall at least include the dates when the continuing assessment tests will be conducted and the hand-in dates for the assignments. In addition, the lecturer shall inform students as to whether the subject work plan will be carried out through the schedule or through another way included in the Campus Extens platform Distance education work activities Modality Name Description Hours Individual selfstudy Writing and preparation of Preparation and writing of the report of the Final Master's Work (including the report (and its defence) the review of bibliography, its study and the data processing) and for the Final Master's preparation of its defence. Work / 7

6 1, 2S Specific risks and protective measures The learning activities of this course do not entail specific health or safety risks for the students and therefore no special protective measures are needed. Student learning assessment The guidelines for assessment of the Final Master's Work are given below. In brief: each student must deliver a written report following the instructions given by the coordinator of the subject (the guidelines for the writing and delivery of the report will be given to the students at the beginning of the academic year and will be available in Campus Extens), the report will be defended in public before and examining board, the composition of which will follow the rules given by the academic rules of the University. Also, there will be specific guidelines for the public defense of the FMW that will be given to the students at the beginning of the academic year. Public defence of the Final Master's Work Modality Technique Description Assessment criteria Other Other methods (retrievable) Public defence of the Final Master's Work, before an examining board approved by the management committee of the Master. The public defence (including the discussion with the examining board based on their questions) of each student will have an estimated time of 30'. In this activity, it is also included the attendance (as public) to the public defences of the classmates, which will also taken into account in the estimate (in hours) of the duration of the activity. A report of the work carried out in the practicum must be presented, including results and a scientific discussion of them. This report will be defended in public before an examining board approved by the Master's management committee and made up by doctors from the course and, if necessary, external staff from the entrepreneurial field and invited doctors. The examining board will assess the student report and its public defence, which will be considered in the final mark. Final grade percentage: 100% Resources, bibliography and additional documentation The guidelines for the bibliography to use are given. Basic bibliography All relevant bibliography, mainly based on papers from international scientific journals and scientific data bases, as well as specific bibliography given by the directors of the Final Master's Work. Complementary bibliography Other resources 6 / 7

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